Safety-gate.



H. R. FOWLER SAFETY GATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23. 1915.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917.

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'H. R. FOWLER.

SAFETY GATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 23.1915.

Patented Oct. 16, 1917 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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To all whomzft mayconcem: I

Be it known that I, HARRY R. Toledo, Lucas county,'Ohio, a citizen of the United States of America, have invented new and useful Safety Gates, ofwhich the the following is" a specification.

This invention irelates to ways, andmovable means for governlng trallilcin connec tion therewith. a it TlllS invention has utility when incorpo-" connection with movable bridges. i

Referring to theFdrawings: A '2 Figure 1 1s a fragmentary slde elevatlon of. a bridge with agate interlocked there- Fig. 2 is I I away of the gate s'upport anddriving means;

view on the line-IIIIII Fig.

housing, while there is alsoprovided the a side elevation with parts broken 2; and i i Fig. 4 1s a w1r1ngd1agram of the electrical connections, the mterlockmg means and actuating means for the gate and lift bridge."

The-way l is provided with a gate having-the: long arm or trac guard member 2:

say for the highway section, and the short arm ortraffic guard member 3 for the sides walk section. The arm 2 is keyed to the shaft 4 and the arm 3 is keyed to the shaft 5. Theseshafts4and 5 are in theupper.

housing section6 carried by the lower housing member 7*. Theshafts 4 and 5 are connected by the segmental gears 8 and 9 in termeshing to bring about simultaneous 'action in the opposite directions so that in operation eachwillzmove away from theother and move toclosedpositionaslto the way.

Also fiXedtothe shaft 4 isthe worm wheel -10 with whichmeshes the wormll on the shaft 12 carrying the large gear wheel 13 in the electric motor 16 carried by brackets 17 formingthenbearing for 'the shaft 12, and Wconnected to the brackets 18 of the upper housing member 6. a. The driving means for the traflic guard members or arms 2, 3, accordingly passes through two speedreductions, the speed reduction gearing 13, .14,

i and the speed reduction gearing 10, 11. This latter worm gearingmhas its angle of fric Patented Oct. 1 6, 1917.

i l tion such that whenever the actuating means FoWLER, of p or motor 16 stops, the arms will at once cease to travel and be held by this worm gearing insuch position. This feature of construction simplifies the gates in determining without mechanical braking means the limit of position or travel of the arms.

Instead of the motor an alternative actuating means may be provided for emergency use or when the motor is out of service.

Mounted on the shaft 12 is the bevel gear 19 in mesh with the bevel gear 20 on the angularly disposed shaft 21 extending through either side of the housing 7 to carry the removable crank 22.. Figs. 2and 3' show this 1 connection to different sides of the housing 7. For ready access to the motor and the adjacent driving means or speed reduction gears'the plates 23 may be connected to the removable cap- 24 for the housing.

The operation of the, gatetmay be controlled in connection with a movablemeans as to the way, say a lift bridge 25, so that when the bridge is free to travel, thegate must be closed and cannot be shifted until the bridge is again closed. The bridge may be operated by the speed reduction gears 26, 27, 28;, from the motor 29. For control of t. the variousdevices, there may be provided a convenient operators quarters or housing 30 having therein the lever 31 to unlock the bridge by moving the bar 32 out of the hole 33 in-the bridge 25. i

thrown down to cause the gate to be closed,

This permits current from the terminal 39 to flow through the lead wire 42 past the circuit breaker 43 to the lead wire 44, to

the terminal 45'by the jump wire 46 to the terminal 47. From the terminal 40, at switch 36, current flows from, the lead wire 48 terminating in brush 49 coacting with the contact 50 on the shaft 4, which has aneleotrical connection by the wire 51 with the contact 52. When the arms are up, this contact 52 is in position to be wiped by the brush 53 ,closing the circuit ,through the leed jwire fgtj tolithe terminal :55, whichwill permit an electrical connectionthroughthe M11156 oftheswitch 4lend current to flow wire 59 to termi1ml" 60"-and thence-bythe lead wire 61 to the motor 16, returncircuit from which is by the wire 62 to the terili gt 47. The bar 63 of the switch 41 will con-i duet electric current to the tern'iinhl iwg to the terminal 64 and thencehymthe wire65 to the shunt field 66 of the reversible motor 16, return linev167 iromi-Which- GIXtGHClSrtQ terminalgfisi and thence wiwher fit) of :tlie-iswitch =41- to gthe -terfminal 47. This-Will result: in,

:the motor moving *the gatw arms: down to, l 1 iclosedgposlti'on.

' r when closed;sthemeohenicztl eleinents will beiinsza po'sitionwshown ginz'Eigsi-12qehd 3, ;=while% the rco'ntact 52vwilljhave moved:

I pfrom the eZlOI'ilSh I 53;;2 nd thus vautometically break the circuit endcutout the motorrwhen theixgate i-isi'iclosed. pkllhe wormugearingrwfll :hold thei'gatein this'clo'sed position.

i peraitionfofs theslock: lever? 31: wi-lhbring the i switch closing member 70 to close the 1 w circuit between th'etconta cts/Zhend 72, thereby: permitting eurr ent flow from: the oline v 48 to the. line 73i terminatin'gvin the brush;

' 1 -74" "lVlliClYiVl-LEII the: gate is closed rehgagee: the cont'zvct' 75 and closes the circuit :to the;

: lbr ufsh 76 cm the linev 77 2 thereby energizing the coil Z8 in.- theshunt circuit 79 toatrip the of current to the' zgate so': that'the gate-may :i I not "b ileleetricallyi operated with the connec- Q= tions imposition for thebri dge to' bez'npere elted.

rn uw tripping ofi'this 'cireuitvbreeker; the

' contact-80 resets: "switch: closing; member 81 83 to V into osition-es te thecontacts 85-; 'St3f there- "lee-trio circuit fronr' the' line '48 through this eo'il 78 after :the circuit breaker lhislead line 7 hlso energizes the'coil move the switch closing' member 84.

by closing e 7 thmug'hath line 87, 88, tof the controller be manipulated to sup'ply "current i through the-lines 89,590, to themoe tor 29 'aswelhas through the l ines= 9l 92,

to the shunt 'fi'eld 98 "of this reversible motor,

- and the bridge' meybe moved to its -*"opened ori 'lifted p'Osition -es to thewtty;

In 'the lifting of the bridge,= fthe "block94, o loosely mounted ou' the pin 95 fzil ls' in pesitilthebridge again 'coines tohlosed position;

"Whenthe bridgeis in closedpositionythis lock "94 is automatically; moved out} of holdma position'by the bridge QS -ztnd the handle 31 may be moved to lock the bridge closed. This breaks the circuit through the switch 70 endnccordingly releases the solenoid switch Sitter breakingiithe circuitfito the con- Weller With no circuit in the-lines 73 there is *no energy EinthefCO ili ('78: end thef' ci'rcuit i-bre ziker43 inay bere set; and the switch 41 thrown to upper position. The electric cur rent from the line 48 through the brush 49 to the contact 50 willnow flow through the "connection 96 to the contact-, 97 to he thken V off-gby the brushv 98 and'travel through the line 99 to the terminal 100 where it will flow through the ber ti" of theswitchAL and thenceuthrough the line5 7, terminal 58, line 7 359; terminal-i 60, line-6 1 to ,the; motor 346;- and so i rt-hence bycth j line: (SQ/Shack through-s-terminal o 147; E;Eroim thegterminal 581; the bzirq69-otthe switch 41 ccmduct sz thercurrent-through;the 561; oppositely hfdiighitheishunt field 66 ;-of- ,--themotor l 6 rtO "5 reyerse motor' l6, thence by the line 65 to theitei final 64 ;and

Operate ieppqsitelyit i e of t h'eir i i-initial travel and w ll Joe;-swung;-upward-crapped li ggis(accordinglyz-seen that'ithereieire interloel ingtszttetyconnections precluding op. o I

eration of the bridge at other thang elosed ;;p ositiouof the gate' rand precluding {op era,-

ion: oft theggatewith the-bridge'.-other then kin 3% down ?{or-,elf0sed .p,o. sitio n, v there b I; placing checks upon the operator tOZja'lIlCI'GaSe' 'zt he.-.sa ffetyiinihandling the equipment.

:T-he housingwjstructu-reg isdesigned lfor .ex-

eeptional}eccessibilityvto the working parts. .iJt-emoml ofiwtheweap ileaues the-@de ices in eosition E91 1. removal of the ousing htrain's esRwell-esvthe actuating motor. T' M hat is claimednand'it is idesirediito -se' e'ure::b -Le'ttersiBatentrisz section and ac'lower s'cctionyoandadriving i nii eans mounted vi111 ather housing-fixed with :-:the='upper section to. her-removable{therewith r riromithe;lower'section.;

itraffic gnairdmemher; assupport there- I takes -ir fihereiw-lth=twmspeed reductionidriving gear p g 1. :afitrztiiic; guard:meniberrxztsupport thereufor comprising; 2v; housing ,ha-vi-ngvan: vupper angle, a motor for the driving means and In testimony whereof I affix my signature manually operable actuating means for the in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

driving means, said motor and actuating HARRY R. FOWLER. means each being connected to the driving Witnesses:

5 means on the side beyond the holding fric- GEO. E. KIRK,

tion angle away from the guard member. GLADYs JAMESON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

